diff --git a/newsfragments/4422.misc.rst b/newsfragments/4422.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e45b6d44b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/4422.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Reorder code in ``pkg_resources/__init__.py`` to avoid definitions after ``@_call_aside``.